Patrick Cloonan

Connellsville

Staff Writer at The Indiana Gazette

Staff Writer at Blairsville Dispatch

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Mack Foundation donates to Indiana Fire Association, other entities

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Patrick Cloonan

It was the latest in a series of grants totaling $65,000 the Mack Foundation is making to Indiana-area entities. “We’re just trying to do God’s will and help the people of Indiana County,” foundation President Jonathan B. Mack said during a brief event outside the historic Indiana Fire Association downtown station, the one with the giant clock standing outside and the “1878 Engine House” sign. In a letter presented along with the check for $10,000 to IFA President and Indiana Mayor William B.
Wet week expected to end in heat, humidity

1 week ago | indianagazette.com | Patrick Cloonan

Baby, it’s gonna be hot out there. Put another way, on this first day of astronomical summer, AccuWeather meteorologists said a large bubble of heat is drifting slowly across the United States, bringing with it the highest temperatures of the year so far, with some areas possibly reaching triple digits. kAmx? 2 92K2C5@FD H62E96C @FE=@@< A@DE65 %9FCD52J 3J E96 }2E:@?2= (62E96C $6CG:46 @?
Storms continue to keep first responders busy in Indiana County

1 week ago | indianagazette.com | Patrick Cloonan

Storm-related calls have continued to keep area first responders busy. Following a round of storms Wednesday evening, Saltsburg Volunteer Fire Department was called out to Elders Ridge Road in Conemaugh Township to deal with downed utility lines. kAm|:D46==2?6@FD 42==D E96? H6?E @FE 7C@> x?5:2?2 r@F?EJ t>6C86?4J |2?286>6?E p86?4J E@ #@DD:E6C '@=F?E66C u:C6 r@>A2?J 7@C 2 56E2:= 2=@?8 yF?62F #@25 :? r2?@6 %@H?D9:A 2?5 r@2= #F?\|4x?EJC6 '@=F?E66C u:C6 r@>A2?J 7@C 24E:G:EJ 2=@?8 r9FC49 $EC66E :?
Mack Foundation donates to Indiana Fire Association, other entities

1 week ago | indianagazette.com | Patrick Cloonan

The J.S. Mack Foundation presented $10,000 to Indiana Fire Association Thursday. It was the latest in a series of grants totaling $65,000 the Mack Foundation is making to Indiana-area entities. kAm“(6’C6 ;FDE ECJ:?8 E@ 5@ v@5’D H:== 2?5 96=A E96 A6@A=6 @7 x?5:2?2 r@F?EJ[” 7@F?52E:@? !C6D:56?E y@?2E92? q] |24< D2:5 5FC:?8 2 3C:67 6G6?E @FED:56 E96 9:DE@C:4 x?5:2?2 u:C6 pDD@4:2E:@? 5@H?E@H? DE2E:@?[ E96 @?6 H:E9 E96 8:2?E 4=@4< DE2?5:?8 @FED:56 2?5 E96 “`gfg t?8:?6 w@FD6” D:8?]k^AmkAmx?
Four DUI defendants get jail time, three get probation with house arrest

1 week ago | indianagazette.com | Patrick Cloonan

Indiana County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Clark tackled seven sentencings Thursday for driving under the influence. Six of the seven involved misdemeanor DUI counts. One from 2024 was a third-degree felony count against Suzanne M. Brocious, 46, of Punxsutawney, which merited her one to seven years in a state correctional institution. kAm$96 2=D@ H2D 2DD6DD65 4@FCE 4@DED 2?5 2 7:?6]k^AmkAm%9C66 5676?52?ED H6C6 8:G6?
Waller suspended as Clymer police chief after Pine Township arrest

1 week ago | indianagazette.com | Patrick Cloonan

Clymer Borough Police Chief Charles M. Waller Jr., who is free on bond pending a preliminary hearing on charges that include strangulation, has been suspended without pay from his position. “State law dictates that he be suspended,” Mayor Christine King confirmed Thursday afternoon. She also confirmed that it was a suspension without pay, but declined to say anything else about Waller’s status. kAm(2==6C H2D 2CC6DE65 (65?6D52J 3J DE2E6 A@=:46 7C@> %C@@A p[ x?5:2?2[ @? 2 76=@?J 4@F?E @7 DEC2?8F=2E:@?
PSP: Woman 'shaken up' when vehicle strikes black bear on Route 422

1 week ago | leadertimes.com | Patrick Cloonan

A woman reportedly was shaken up Wednesday morning, but not seriously injured, when her car struck a black bear on U.S. Route 422 in Kittanning Township, Armstrong County. Details of the accident were not available from investigators late Wednesday. State police had reports that troopers from Troop D, Kittanning, handled a crash involving a bear at 7:51 a.m. Wednesday. kAm“(2C56?D H6C6 >256 2H2C6 @7 E96 362C <:==65 3J 2 G69:4=6 2?5 C6>@G65 :E[” D2:5 p?5J w2CG6J[ DE2E6 82>6 H2C56? 2?5 :?7@C>2E:@?
Waller suspended as Clymer police chief after Pine Township arrest

1 week ago | wfmz.com | Patrick Cloonan

Clymer Borough Police Chief Charles M. Waller Jr., who is free on bond pending a preliminary hearing on charges that include strangulation, has been suspended without pay from his position. “State law dictates that he be suspended,” Mayor Christine King confirmed Thursday afternoon. She also confirmed that it was a suspension without pay, but declined to say anything else about Waller’s status.
Calmer weather follows wild day with flash flooding in Indiana area

1 week ago | indianagazette.com | Patrick Cloonan

On the day after flash flooding rolled through Indiana Borough and vicinity, damaging homes and roadways, another flash flood warning was issued for late morning and early afternoon Wednesday for portions of Armstrong, Butler and Clarion counties. In a special weather statement issued until 7 p.m. Wednesday for Kittanning, the National Weather Service said a line of thunderstorms would move across the region, with brief heavy rain and winds gusting from 40 to 50 mph.
Bertig, Glasser again lead ARIN IU 28 board of directors

1 week ago | indianagazette.com | Patrick Cloonan

School directors Michael Bertig and Charles Glasser once again will lead the ARIN Intermediate Unit 28 board of directors in the 2025-26 school year. The board reorganized Tuesday night, during its last meeting until August in the unit’s central office in White Township. kAm%96 3@2C5 2=D@ C6E2:?65 s2?:6==6 !2EE6CD@? @7 E96 p#x} x& ag DE277 2D 3@2C5 D64C6E2CJ 2?5 F?:E s:C64E@C @7 u:?2?46 vC68 r6DD?2 2D EC62DFC6C]k^AmkAmv2CJ vFD92C5 @7 %F4<6C pC6?D36C8 !]r] 282:?